Verse 25
Jeremiah 51:25
Bible in Basic English
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See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנְ/נִ֨י אֵלֶ֜י/ךָ הַ֤ר הַ/מַּשְׁחִית֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה הַ/מַּשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/נָטִ֨יתִי אֶת יָדִ֜/י עָלֶ֗י/ךָ וְ/גִלְגַּלְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ מִן הַ/סְּלָעִ֔ים וּ/נְתַתִּ֖י/ךָ לְ/הַ֥ר שְׂרֵפָֽה
English Translation
Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the Lord, you who destroy all the earth, and I will stretch out my hand against you and roll you down from the rocks and make you a burned mountain.
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Chapter 51 Context
1
The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those...
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And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble...
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Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her yo...
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4
And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets.
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5
For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God (Elohim), by the Lord of armies; for their la...
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6
Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doin...
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Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine...
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8
Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil f...
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9
We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to hi...
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10
The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of t...
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11
Make bright the arrows; take up the body-covers: the Lord has been moving the spirit of the king of...
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12
Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in t...
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13
O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil...
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14
The Lord of armies has taken an oath by himself, saying, Truly, I will make you full with men as wit...
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15
He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by...
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16
At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go...
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17
Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the imag...
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18
They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
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19
The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of ar...
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20
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you king...
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21
With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it...
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22
With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the...
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23
With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen wil...
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24
And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they ha...
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25
See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the...
26
And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you w...
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27
Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations rea...
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28
Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captain...
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29
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Bab...
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30
Babylon's men of war have kept back from the fight, waiting in their strong places; their strength h...
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31
One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to ano...
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32
And the ways across the river have been taken, and the water-holes ... burned with fire, and the men...
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33
For these are the words of the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel: The daughter of Babylon i...
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34
Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vess...
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35
May the violent things done to me, and my downfall, come on Babylon, the daughter of Zion will say;...
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36
For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what...
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37
And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise,...
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38
They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.
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39
When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may be...
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40
I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
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41
How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of w...
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42
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
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43
Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no so...
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44
And I will send punishment on Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what went into it; no longer...
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45
My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.
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46
So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about i...
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47
For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and...
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48
And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those...
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49
As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be s...
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50
You who have got away safe from the sword, go, waiting for nothing; have the Lord in memory when you...
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51
We are shamed because bitter words have come to our ears; our faces are covered with shame: for men...
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52
For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images;...
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53
Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in wit...
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54
There is the sound of a cry from Babylon, and of a great destruction from the land of the Chaldaeans...
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55
For the Lord is making Babylon waste, and putting an end to the great voice coming out of her; and h...
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56
For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken...
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57
And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcom...
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58
The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doo...
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59
The order which Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when h...
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60
And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.
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61
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see that you give them all these words;
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62
And after reading them, say, O Lord, you have said about this place that it is to be cut off, so tha...
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63
And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixe...
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64
And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Jeremiah
- Chapter
- Chapter 51 (64 verses)
- Version
- Bible in Basic English